Science / Health
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Strange Visual Auras Could Hold the Key to Better Migraine Treatments
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RSV Can Be a Killer. New Tools Are Identifying the Most At-Risk Kids
After 25 years as a pediatric infectious diseases specialist, Asunción Mejías is too familiar with the deadly unpredictability of respiratory…
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Scientists Crack a 50-Year Mystery to Discover a New Set of Blood Groups
There were many challenges in the process of confirming the role of the MAL gene, including a study by rival…
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This Brain Implant Lets People Control Amazon Alexa With Their Minds
Mark, a 64-year-old with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, uses Amazon Alexa all the time using his voice. But now,…
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Public Health
An ER Doctor’s Cure for America’s Gun Epidemic
In 2020, while the Covid-19 pandemic raged, a steadily growing epidemic continued to burn its path across the United States.…
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The Bird Flu Outbreak Takes a Mysterious Turn
This year in the United States, 14 people have tested positive for avian influenza, or bird flu. Nine of those…
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Culture Shock
Crispr-Enhanced Viruses Are Being Deployed Against UTIs
The global rise in antibiotic resistance is making bacterial infections harder to treat and increasing the risk of disease spread,…
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Infectious Disease
Why Polio Has Reemerged in Gaza
THIS ARTICLE IS republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. A 10-month-old boy in the Gaza Strip was…
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Infectious Disease
The Mosquito-Borne Disease ‘Triple E’ Is Spreading in the US as Temperatures Rise
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. A 41-year-old man in New Hampshire…
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science
FDA Approves New Covid Vaccines Amid Summer Surge
Amid a summer surge of Covid-19 infections, the US Food and Drug Administration just approved updated mRNA vaccines that more…
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